Counsellor - Doncaster

📍Minimum 1 day per week onsite at Doncaster Royal Infirmary, DN2 5LT

Does this sound like you?

You’re a qualified counselling professional who combines clinical expertise with empathy and resilience. You’re confident working with a wide range of presenting issues, equally comfortable delivering face-to-face therapy or supporting someone by phone in the moment. You value teamwork but can work independently, and you care about making a real difference to NHS staff who need support.

What you’ll be doing (in a nutshell): 

In this role, you’ll deliver counselling and wellbeing services as part of our contract with Doncaster Royal Infirmary. Working to a short-term, solution-focused model, you’ll provide vital support to NHS employees - from therapy sessions to trauma response - helping them navigate challenges at work and at home.

Day to day you can expect to:

• Provide counselling sessions both onsite at Doncaster Royal Infirmary and virtually
• Carry out telephone assessments and onward referrals
• Deliver trauma support, psychoeducation, and manage high-risk calls
• Offer advice and signposting to staff and managers where needed
• Collaborate with colleagues across our Employee Assistance Programme

To Be Successful You’Ll Have:

• A minimum Level 4 Diploma in Counselling (CBT qualification a bonus)
• Registered/Accredited membership with BACP or NCPS
• Minimum 400+ clinical hours and 2 years post-qualification
• Experience delivering both face-to-face and telephone counselling
• Knowledge of trauma-informed practice
• Strong IT skills and a professional approach to record-keeping
• The ability to balance autonomy with being a supportive team player

Bonus Points If You Bring:

• Previous EAP or NHS counselling experience
• Confidence working flexibly within a 24/7 service
• A proactive, problem-solving mindset

Please note, all applicants must be legally entitled to accept and perform work in the UK and all positions are subject to an enhanced DBS check.

Why Perkbox?

In 2025, Perkbox and Vivup came together under one name: the new and evolved Perkbox.

We joined forces to create something bigger and better - a single, unified platform built to care for, connect with, and celebrate employees in all areas of life. With more than 20 years of combined experience across public, private, SME and corporate sectors, we’re now supporting over 4 million employees across 7,500 organisations.

From access to expert mental health services to help with the cost of everyday essentials, our expanded range of benefits and wellbeing tools meets people where they are - at work and beyond.

Together, we’re redefining what employee benefits can be. And we’re just getting started.

The Interview Process

Our interview process involves 3 main stages:

• Application
• 30 minute call with a member of the TA team
• 60-minute video call with Hiring Manager and one other team member

Our average process takes around 2-3 weeks, but we will always work around your availability. You will have the chance to speak to our recruitment team at various points during your process. If you have any specific questions ahead of this, please contact us on talent@vivup.co.uk

We’re committed to being an inclusive employer and creating a fair workplace for all. We encourage applications from candidates across all backgrounds, circumstances, ages, disabilities, ethnicities, religions or beliefs, gender identities, or sexual orientations

We're happy to offer reasonable adjustments during our hiring process. Just let us know, and we'll make it work for you. Your comfort and success matter to us!